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A hospital in the area of Hungnam
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Brigadier General Charles B. Palmer, Division Artillery Commanding Officer (left) and Major General Hobart Gay, Commanding General 1st Cavalry Division behind the front lines. 18 July 1950.
Official Department of Defense Photo
Official Department of Defense Photo
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Infantrymen of the Turkish Brigade, attached to the US 25th Div, are supported by tanks of D Coy, 89th Tank Bn, 25th US Infantry Div, during a patrol into Chinese lines near the village of Koriwa, Korea. (IWM)
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North Korean prisoners of war are transported by jeep, guarded by US Marines, during mopping-up operations around the Kimpo Airfield. The prisoner in the front passenger seat is Air Force Major Kim Chin Soo. January 1952. Credit: Keystone
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GI taken prisoner and then murdered by the North Koreans.
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US Cpl. James W. Rezek of Lake Andes, South Dakota (rear) keeps a lookout for communist sharpshooters, while Sgt. First Class Ralph I. Rubio of Tuscaloosa, Alabama ducks down to change positions in their trench on Korea’s central front in January 1 1952.
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
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Sgt. Douglas D.Tompkins of Jud, North Dakota, Tank Compnay, 5th RCT, 24th U.S. Infantry Division, fires a .50 caliber machine gun at Communist-held positions during an assault against the Chinese Communist forces along the east central front, Korea. July 14 1951.
(Photo source - US Signal Corps # 8A/FEC-51-255588)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
(Photo source - US Signal Corps # 8A/FEC-51-255588)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
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Company 'M', 7th RCT, US 3rd Infantry Division machine gunners, watch for the movements of Communist forces, as artillery lands on Hill 717, one of the objectives of "Operation Doughnut". July 3 1951.
(Photo source - US Signal Corps # 8A/FEC-51-23564 (Brigham)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
(Photo source - US Signal Corps # 8A/FEC-51-23564 (Brigham)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
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A column of troops and armor of the 1st Marine Division move through communist Chinese lines during their successful breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea, December 1950.
While not a victory in the classic sense, the withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir is revered as a high point in the history of the US Marine Corps. In the fighting, the Marines and other UN troops effectively destroyed or crippled seven Chinese divisions which attempted to block their progress. Marine losses in the campaign numbered 836 killed and 12,000 wounded. Most of the latter were frostbite injuries inflicted by the severe cold and winter weather. US Army losses numbered around 2,000 killed and 1,000 wounded. Precise casualties for the Chinese are not known but are estimated at 35,000 killed. Upon reaching Hungnam, the veterans of Chosin Reservoir were evacuated as part of the large amphibious operation to rescue UN troops from northeastern Korea.
(Photo by Corporal Peter McDonald USMC)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
While not a victory in the classic sense, the withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir is revered as a high point in the history of the US Marine Corps. In the fighting, the Marines and other UN troops effectively destroyed or crippled seven Chinese divisions which attempted to block their progress. Marine losses in the campaign numbered 836 killed and 12,000 wounded. Most of the latter were frostbite injuries inflicted by the severe cold and winter weather. US Army losses numbered around 2,000 killed and 1,000 wounded. Precise casualties for the Chinese are not known but are estimated at 35,000 killed. Upon reaching Hungnam, the veterans of Chosin Reservoir were evacuated as part of the large amphibious operation to rescue UN troops from northeastern Korea.
(Photo by Corporal Peter McDonald USMC)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
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New Zealanders, Sergeant J M Bragg, Gunner D J Humphries and Gunner D J Kelly operating a 25 pounder during the first major offensive of the 1st British Commonwealth Division in Korea. October 1951
(Photo source National Library of New Zealand Ref: K-0418)
(Taken by Ian Mackley)
(Photo source National Library of New Zealand Ref: K-0418)
(Taken by Ian Mackley)
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Five North American F-86A Sabre fighters of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing on the flight line at Suwon, South Korea, in June 1951.
The F-86As were F-86A-5-NA:
49-1158 was damaged by a MiG-15 on 23 September 1951;
49-1276 of the 336th FIS was shot down by a MiG-15 on 22 June 1951 (pilot Lt. Howard Miller made POW but died in captivity)
49-1251 was written off on take off from Kimpo K-14 on 29 May 1952. (pilot Jimmy L. Schneider ok)
49-1261; fate not known
49-1236 of the 334th FIS was shot down by a MiG-15 near Sinanju on 24 October 1951. (pilot Lt. Bradley Irish made POW, repatriated 1953)
(Source - USAF : HD-SN-99-03072)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
The F-86As were F-86A-5-NA:
49-1158 was damaged by a MiG-15 on 23 September 1951;
49-1276 of the 336th FIS was shot down by a MiG-15 on 22 June 1951 (pilot Lt. Howard Miller made POW but died in captivity)
49-1251 was written off on take off from Kimpo K-14 on 29 May 1952. (pilot Jimmy L. Schneider ok)
49-1261; fate not known
49-1236 of the 334th FIS was shot down by a MiG-15 near Sinanju on 24 October 1951. (pilot Lt. Bradley Irish made POW, repatriated 1953)
(Source - USAF : HD-SN-99-03072)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK)
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Missouri infantrymen with the 19th US Infantry Regiment along the Kumsong front wish Happy New Year to the stateside folks. December 14, 1951.
(Photo Source - NARA FILE #: 111-SC-387519
Cpl. Mervyn Lew. (Army)
(Colourised by Doug)
(Photo Source - NARA FILE #: 111-SC-387519
Cpl. Mervyn Lew. (Army)
(Colourised by Doug)
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M40 155mm "Long Toms" of Charlie Battery 'C', 937th Field Artillery Battalion from the Arkansas National Guard, possibly in the area of Yanggu, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Sometime in May/June1951.
Every heavy artillery unit (155 Howitzer, 155mm gun, 8-inch Howitzer, 8-inch gun, 240mm gun) was a former National Guard unit. Each had its own "nickname" for the unit. The 937th Field Artillery Battalion from the Arkansas National Guard was proudly known as the "Arkansas Long Toms." The 155mm gun (towed or self-propelled) was known in World War II as "Long Toms" due to the longer length of the barrel (tube), which made it more accurate and capable of hitting long range (25000 yards) targets. The code name for the 937th over communication lines was "NEWFORD." A very popular reference throughout the central sector of Korea during the entire campaign of the United Nations forces was, "Get me Newford, Operator,’ or "Here comes the Arkansas Long Toms!"
(koreanwar-educator.org)
(Nb. in the background are M40s of Battery "C"
some marked with the following actresses names - Cyd Cherise, Constance Cummings, Corrinne Calvet, Claudet Colbert)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK )
Every heavy artillery unit (155 Howitzer, 155mm gun, 8-inch Howitzer, 8-inch gun, 240mm gun) was a former National Guard unit. Each had its own "nickname" for the unit. The 937th Field Artillery Battalion from the Arkansas National Guard was proudly known as the "Arkansas Long Toms." The 155mm gun (towed or self-propelled) was known in World War II as "Long Toms" due to the longer length of the barrel (tube), which made it more accurate and capable of hitting long range (25000 yards) targets. The code name for the 937th over communication lines was "NEWFORD." A very popular reference throughout the central sector of Korea during the entire campaign of the United Nations forces was, "Get me Newford, Operator,’ or "Here comes the Arkansas Long Toms!"
(koreanwar-educator.org)
(Nb. in the background are M40s of Battery "C"
some marked with the following actresses names - Cyd Cherise, Constance Cummings, Corrinne Calvet, Claudet Colbert)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard UK )
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Korean KP decorates Christmas tree set up in front of serving counter of HQs & HQs Co, 19th Inf Regt, 24th US Inf Div, as Christmas Day dinner is readied for men of the Co. Korea. 25 December 1951.
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An engineer of the 16th Reconnaissance Company, US 1st Cavalry Division sets the fuses on a "Daisy Chain" of M7 light anti-tank mines, northwest of Yonchon, Korea 10 Nov 1951.
(Colourised by Doug)
(Colourised by Doug)
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US 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion, 2nd (Indian head) Division commander fires the 50cal. machine gun from his M4A3E8 Sherman (Easy Eight) tank . Battle of Kapyong , Korea. April 1951.
Despite heavy losses, the tankers halted a massive North Korean offensive carried out largely by the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army.
On April 24 and 25, 1951, North Korean forces broke through the allied main line near Kapyong, not far from Mount Seorak and the 38th Parallel.
Fighting alongside South Korean, Canadian and Australian service members, 1-72, in particular, showed valor. The unit’s forward elements became completely surrounded by enemy troops and received their supplies by airlift.
The battalion’s Alpha Company received a presidential unit citation for their action. (www.stripes.com)
(Colorised by Benoit Vienne from France)
Despite heavy losses, the tankers halted a massive North Korean offensive carried out largely by the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army.
On April 24 and 25, 1951, North Korean forces broke through the allied main line near Kapyong, not far from Mount Seorak and the 38th Parallel.
Fighting alongside South Korean, Canadian and Australian service members, 1-72, in particular, showed valor. The unit’s forward elements became completely surrounded by enemy troops and received their supplies by airlift.
The battalion’s Alpha Company received a presidential unit citation for their action. (www.stripes.com)
(Colorised by Benoit Vienne from France)
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Weary, exhausted Marine, Jesse D. Place, huddles against the bitter cold during the retreat from Chosin Reservoir, Korea, winter 1950.
Photographer David Douglas Duncan—Life Magazine
Duncan, recalls of one especially appalling battle in the winter of 1950.
"It was forty below zero during the retreat from Chosin Reservoir,” and the wind chill! The wind was barreling down from Manchuria and must have made it closer to fifty or sixty degrees below zero. It was so damn cold that my film was brittle — it just snapped, like a pretzel. But I managed to unload and load the camera under my gear and get some film in there, and I got some usable shots.”
(Jesse Place survived the rest of the war)
(Colourised by Doug)
Photographer David Douglas Duncan—Life Magazine
Duncan, recalls of one especially appalling battle in the winter of 1950.
"It was forty below zero during the retreat from Chosin Reservoir,” and the wind chill! The wind was barreling down from Manchuria and must have made it closer to fifty or sixty degrees below zero. It was so damn cold that my film was brittle — it just snapped, like a pretzel. But I managed to unload and load the camera under my gear and get some film in there, and I got some usable shots.”
(Jesse Place survived the rest of the war)
(Colourised by Doug)
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A grief stricken American infantryman whose friend has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. August 28, 1950.
Photographer - Sfc. Al Chang. (Army)
(Colorized by Jared Enos from the USA)
Photographer - Sfc. Al Chang. (Army)
(Colorized by Jared Enos from the USA)
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Weighted down with sundry items ranging from guns and trench shovels to a radio set, Sgt. Derrick Deamer, left, and Pvt. Clem Williams wear full battle gear as they chat on the British sector of Korea's Naktong River front in South Korea on Sept. 14, 1950. Both are with British forces fighting with United Nations' troops against the Chinese Communist troops. (AP Photo/GH)
Derrick Deamer having joined the Army as a volunteer in 1942, he was part of the Normandy landings in the Second World War. He then served as a guard at Buckingham Palace before his Middlesex Regiment was sent into Korea on August 25, 1950.
In November 1950 Sgt. Deamer was injured when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the foot. But after three weeks in Seoul Military Hospital he was back fighting, and stayed in Korea until the summer of 1951. ((www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/))
"We all got a lifetime of experiences we could never forget. It's something I would never wish anyone to experience."
(He was still alive in 2008, aged 82)
Derrick Deamer having joined the Army as a volunteer in 1942, he was part of the Normandy landings in the Second World War. He then served as a guard at Buckingham Palace before his Middlesex Regiment was sent into Korea on August 25, 1950.
In November 1950 Sgt. Deamer was injured when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the foot. But after three weeks in Seoul Military Hospital he was back fighting, and stayed in Korea until the summer of 1951. ((www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/))
"We all got a lifetime of experiences we could never forget. It's something I would never wish anyone to experience."
(He was still alive in 2008, aged 82)
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